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Recent Examples on the Web In 1882, the German zoologist Friedrich Blochmann discovered the microorganisms in carpenter ant embryos. — Quanta Magazine, 9 Sep. 2020 Like all ants, carpenter ant colonies start with scout ants that forage your home for the best places to eat or hang out. — Brie Dyas, Country Living, 26 May 2020 Pity the poor unsuspecting carpenter ant who unwittingly becomes infected with spores scattered by a parasitic fungus in the Cordyceps genus. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 July 2019 One of its favorite foods is the carpenter ant, nests of which the pileated drills into and plunders. — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2020 In the Brazilian jungle, at a height of just about 10 inches off the ground, carpenter ants can be found with their jaws permanently locked on a leaf, frozen in a never-ending dance as an alien stalk grows through their head. — Everyday Einstein Sabrina Stierwalt, Scientific American, 20 Sep. 2019 The termite operator in that area might be looking for wood-destroying beetles or carpenter ants. — Pat Kapowich, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2019 There are probably carpenter ants living in your tree and crawling around your kitchen. — Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2019 There have been breakthroughs in size bioengineering, but mostly in animals and often in the wrong direction, like a 2015 study that significantly increased the size of carpenter ants by modifying their DNA. — Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2019

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“Carpenter ant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carpenter%20ant. Accessed 14 Jun. 2021.

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